Liminality, papers and belonging amongst Zimbabwean immigrants in South Africa

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dc.contributor.advisorPillay, Suren
dc.contributor.advisorEllis, William
dc.contributor.authorNyakabawu, Shingirai
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-09T08:17:11Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-20T12:46:50Z
dc.date.available2021-03-09T08:17:11Z
dc.date.available2024-03-20T12:46:50Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionPhilosophiae Doctor - PhDen_US
dc.description.abstractIntroduced in 2010, the Dispensation Zimbabwe Program (DZP) regularised undocumented Zimbabwean immigrants in South Africa. When DZP was closed, the Zimbabwe Special Permit was introduced, which was also replaced by the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit. This thesis examines the lived experiences of Zimbabwean migrants from the time they arrived in South Africa without papers, visas, or permits. It then examines the processes of acquiring DZP papers, processes of replacing it, and how conditions on the permits reinforce a particular notion of belonging for Zimbabwean immigrants. I draw on work inspired by the anthropologist Victor Turner�s (1967) concept of liminality to show that Zimbabwean migrants had been going through various phases of uncertain legal statuses which are all liminal.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/9514
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectImmigrantsen_US
dc.subjectZimbabween_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectDZP papersen_US
dc.subjectPermitsen_US
dc.titleLiminality, papers and belonging amongst Zimbabwean immigrants in South Africaen_US

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